Java Developer at BankservAfrica

PURPOSE

• The main purpose of the Java Developer is to analyse technical specifications and design/develop applications based on result of all analysis for internal and external stakeholders and in alignment with strategic objectives and client requirements.

You will engage with the following stakeholders:

Internal and external stakeholders

• Regulatory bodies
• Financial institutions
• Payment processors
• Product Managers
• Enterprise Project Management Office
• PayInc Service Desk
• PayInc Command Centre

Your key responsibilities include:

New Product/ System Development:

• Build, unit testing and debugging solutions
• Create, document and implement unit test plans and scripts
• Create and maintain technical documentation using defined templates
• Interface with and assist testing and operations departments
• Ensure Quality assurance is conducted on code developed
• Interpret written business requirements and technical specifications to design and code solutions
• Verify that system meets performance criteria
• Analyse and solve problems for production, UAT and development environments.
• Develops, modifies and maintains assigned programs.
• Monitors the operation of assigned programs and responds to problems by diagnosing and correcting errors in logic and coding.
• Provide Production Support and maintenance of applicable systems.
• Verify that system meets performance criteria
• Product /System Maintenance
• Perform maintenance programming to rectify identified defects
• Provide first line of support for the live systems
• Be able to provide feedback to the incident committee

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE

• BSc Computer Science or IT Diploma or relevant experience
• Matric
• Knowledge of development and analysis
• AWS Cloud knowledge
• Knowledge of Golang/Python
• J2EE/EJB/Springboot Framework
• Angular/Primefaces/Wicked
• Code Versioning Tools such as Git,GitHub
• ISO 20022
• JSON/XML/XSD
• Micro Services
• Linux Scripting
• Relational Databases Oracle/MySQL/PostgreSQL
• IDE tool Eclipse/NetBeans/IntelliJ or similar
• Application Servers JBoss/Wildfly
• Build tools such as Maven/Ant
• Continuous Integration tools such as Hudson & Jenkins

EXPERIENCE

• 5 to 10 years’ experience in Java Developing in a J2EE environment
• Proven hands-on Software Development experience
• Proven working experience in Java development
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns
• Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management, etc)
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate, JDBC)
• Experience in the Spring Framework
• Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC, Angular)
• Experience with test-driven development
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Knack for writing clean, readable Java code
• Basic understanding of JVM, its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Experience in ESB’s advantageous
• AWS Cloud experience would be advantageous
• Financial Industry experience would be advantageous